Surviving bacterial sibling rivalry: Inducible and reversible phenotypic switching in paenibacillus dendritiformis

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Be'er, Avraham ^a   Florin, E L ^a   Fisher, Carolyn R ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIBLING LETHAL FACTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE SWITCHING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS DENDRITIFORMIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS DENDRITIFORMIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PAENIBACILLUS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855204147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00069-11     Document Type: Article

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